Saturday, September 8, 2012

69th Venice Film Festival: Award Winners

The 69th edition of the Venice Film Festival has now come to an end, with the closing awards ceremony held Saturday (September 8) evening in the famed Sala Grande at the Palazzo del Cinema.

The winner of this year's Golden Lion for Best Feature Film was Pieta from South Korean director Kim Ki-duk, a story about a ruthless debt collector and the woman who claims to be his mother, starring Cho Min-soo and Lee Jung-jin. This is the first Korean film to win the Grand Prize at a major international film festival.

The Best Director trophy went to American director Paul Thomas Anderson, for his film The Master, which also saw stars Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman sharing the Volpi Cup for Best Actor.

The Volpi Cup for Best Actress went to Israeli actress Hadas Yaron, for her role in the film Fill the Void, directed by Rama Burshtein.

Yeah it must be an amazing film. Apparently the jury wanted to give it the Golden Lion as well, but the rules state that a single film can only win 2 major awards, so they gave it the grand prize to Pieta instead.

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